8-letter words containing a, e, o
- acrolein — a colourless or yellowish flammable poisonous pungent liquid used in the manufacture of resins and pharmaceuticals. Formula: CH2:CHCHO
- acrosome — a cap-like structure on the tip of a spermatozoon that releases enzymes on encountering the ovum allowing fusion with the ovum in the sexual reproductive process; this part of the process is known as the acrosome reaction
- actioned — Simple past tense and past participle of action.
- actioner — a film with a fast-moving plot, usually containing scenes of violence
- actoress — Alternative form of actress.
- addorsed — placed back to back
- adenoids — Adenoids are soft lumps of flesh at the back and top of a person's throat that sometimes become swollen and have to be removed.
- adenomas — Plural form of adenoma.
- adenosis — a minor glandular condition typified by swelling of the lymph glands
- adespota — anonymous works of poetry
- adhesion — Adhesion is the ability of one thing to stick firmly to another.
- adjoined — to be close to or in contact with; abut on: His property adjoins the lake.
- adonises — Classical Mythology. a youth slain by a wild boar but permitted by Zeus to pass four months every year in the lower world with Persephone, four with Aphrodite, and four wherever he chose.
- adoptees — Plural form of adoptee.
- adopters — Plural form of adopter.
- adoptive — Someone's adoptive family is the family that adopted them.
- adorable — If you say that someone or something is adorable, you are emphasizing that they are very attractive and you feel great affection for them.
- adperson — a copywriter, account executive, or other person employed in advertising.
- adsorbed — Simple past tense and past participle of adsorb.
- adsorber — something which adsorbs
- advocate — If you advocate a particular action or plan, you recommend it publicly.
- aegrotat — (in British and certain other universities, and, sometimes, schools) a certificate allowing a candidate to pass an examination although he has missed all or part of it through illness
- aequorin — a protein obtained from marine organisms that emits blue light in the presence of calcium ions and is used to detect these ions in living tissue
- aeration — Aeration is the application of upward-flowing air to a layer of particles.
- aerators — Plural form of aerator.
- aeriform — having the form of air; gaseous
- aerobics — Aerobics is a form of exercise which increases the amount of oxygen in your blood, and strengthens your heart and lungs. The verb that follows aerobics may be either singular or plural.
- aerobium — an aerobe
- aerobomb — a bomb dropped from an aircraft
- aerodart — a steel arrow dropped from an aircraft as a weapon
- aeroduct — an air duct
- aerodyne — any heavier-than-air machine, such as an aircraft, that derives the greater part of its lift from aerodynamic forces
- aerofoil — a cross section of an aileron, wing, tailplane, or rotor blade
- aerogram — an airmail letter written on a single sheet of lightweight paper that folds and is sealed to form an envelope
- aerolite — a stony meteorite consisting of silicate minerals
- aerolith — a meteorite consisting mainly of stony matter.
- aerology — the study of the atmosphere, particularly its upper layers
- aeronaut — a person who flies in a lighter-than-air craft, esp the pilot or navigator
- aeronomy — the science of the earth's upper atmosphere
- aerosols — Plural form of aerosol.
- aerostat — a lighter-than-air craft, such as a balloon
- aerotone — a bath which incorporates massaging air jets
- aesopian — of Aesop or characteristic of his fables
- afforded — to be able to do, manage, or bear without serious consequence or adverse effect: The country can't afford another drought.
- afforest — to plant trees on; convert into forested land
- affronté — facing
- afikomen — a piece of matzo broken off from the center one of the three matzoth set before the leader of a Seder: it is hidden by the leader and later searched for by the children, with the finder, usually the youngest, receiving a reward.
- agiotage — the business of exchanging currencies
- aglycone — a chemical compound
- agonised — Simple past tense and past participle of agonise.